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A biking lane on MN Avenue, Oronoco
Mon, Feb 25th, 2013
Posted in Oronoco Government
Posted in Oronoco Government
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Oronoco City Council met Tuesday, February 19 for a general meeting and again on Wednesday, February 20 to discuss the County’s road changes on Minnesota Ave, City Road 12 and County 118.
Parks & Trails chair Charlie Fried said, “We want to designate a walking lane for Minnesota Ave. We ask City Councilors to support this inclusion.”
Engineer Joe Palen explained, “We’re planning out an on-street facility and not an off-street one. This would be a directional bike lane. It has a much more modest cost than offline facilities.”
Councilor Jayne Krause motioned to support the directional bike lane. The motion passed. Council members confirmed that advisory letters have been sent to residents along the related roads in order to keep them informed and involved.
The February 20 informational meeting, the Turnback Meeting, had the intention of informing the public about these changes and of ensuring that the project would give back and improve the city.
Councilors also discussed the Public Works creation of a City Shop used primarily for storage. Pointing out the goal of the shop, Mayor Kevin McDermott explained, “Plan A was to purchase a storage building across the road and to move forward.”
A second plan was formed to construct a new building budgeted at $350,000. The lowest bid by Key Builders was $598,000. Unsatisfied with the speculations budgeted versus the cost, Mayor McDermott motioned to reject the bids and to look at the building back across the street. Councilor Nathan Hartung will also meet with prospective builders to go through revised speculations.
Moving onto new business, the council addressed a city issue about animal control. The sheriff reported 8 months of animal disturbances, one including an animal attacking another, over the last year. Mayor McDermott said, “As a community, we need to know what we can and should do.” A motion was made and passed to investigate the issue further before next month’s meeting.
Fired Department Chief Dan Sundt invited community members to a spaghetti feed for the Annual Community Appreciation day on Sunday, March 3 from 11 am – 2 pm at the Fire Hall. Spaghetti, bread, beverages and desserts will be served. “This is a free social event,” Sundt said, “Come on down.”
Parks & Trails chair Charlie Fried said, “We want to designate a walking lane for Minnesota Ave. We ask City Councilors to support this inclusion.”
Engineer Joe Palen explained, “We’re planning out an on-street facility and not an off-street one. This would be a directional bike lane. It has a much more modest cost than offline facilities.”
Councilor Jayne Krause motioned to support the directional bike lane. The motion passed. Council members confirmed that advisory letters have been sent to residents along the related roads in order to keep them informed and involved.
The February 20 informational meeting, the Turnback Meeting, had the intention of informing the public about these changes and of ensuring that the project would give back and improve the city.
Councilors also discussed the Public Works creation of a City Shop used primarily for storage. Pointing out the goal of the shop, Mayor Kevin McDermott explained, “Plan A was to purchase a storage building across the road and to move forward.”
A second plan was formed to construct a new building budgeted at $350,000. The lowest bid by Key Builders was $598,000. Unsatisfied with the speculations budgeted versus the cost, Mayor McDermott motioned to reject the bids and to look at the building back across the street. Councilor Nathan Hartung will also meet with prospective builders to go through revised speculations.
Moving onto new business, the council addressed a city issue about animal control. The sheriff reported 8 months of animal disturbances, one including an animal attacking another, over the last year. Mayor McDermott said, “As a community, we need to know what we can and should do.” A motion was made and passed to investigate the issue further before next month’s meeting.
Fired Department Chief Dan Sundt invited community members to a spaghetti feed for the Annual Community Appreciation day on Sunday, March 3 from 11 am – 2 pm at the Fire Hall. Spaghetti, bread, beverages and desserts will be served. “This is a free social event,” Sundt said, “Come on down.”
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